Meet the first robotic citizen of the world

The world is moving at an alarming pace. We’re making technological leaps into the future that would have seemed paradoxically impossible just years earlier. And, with this new wave of digitisation comes the inevitable rise of our cyborg friends.

And, in this crazy world of change, it might come as no surprise to learn that a robot in Saudi Arabia has become the first of its kind to be granted citizenship. The cyborg humanoid, Sophia, even regaled an audience in Riyadh, telling them she was “honoured” at being made an official citizen – The Metro reports.

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